I am working on a topo for a client that has requested that the drawing be plotted at 1/8"=1' scale. I will be using paperspace to draw this up and plot.
I very rarely use these scales, and always have trouble getting the viewports set up just right. What would the zoom factor be when I set up my viewport? I normally use the usual 1/20xp, 1/50xp, etc.
I know this is probably pretty basic stuff, but I just don't use those scales but maybe once a year or so.
Thanks in advance,
Jimmy
wouldnt it just be 1"=8'
I assume you'll be drawing the entities in MSPACE and prepping your title block, notes etc. in PSPACE?
When you create a viewport in PSPACE and select it, there's a pulldown in the properties window at "Standard scale" - which lists, among other scales, 1/8" = 1'-0"
EEZY PEEZY!
(If you don't have the properties window docked somewhere, you should)
Good luck
The 1/8xp should get it as long as you are drawing in engineer units (1 cad unit = 1') vs. arch units (1 cad unit = 1". A scale applied to a test plot is your friend.;-)
Thanks guys. I have never seen the pulldown menu in the properties box before. That is pretty slick.
The scale ended up being 1:8 in the pulldown menu. For some reason the 1/8"=1' was WAY to small. Not sure why, but that is the way it worked in this particular drawing.
Thanks for all the help. I learned something new today!:-D
Jimmy
Stephen,
That is exactly what I did! Great minds think alike.
Jimmy